"Here at last is an accurate and enjoyable rendering of Lu Xun's fiction in an idiom that masterfully captures
the sardonic wit, melancholy pathos, and ironic vision of China's first truly modern writer."
--World Literature Today
University of Hawaii Press Web Site
March, 2000
Summary
Xun (or Hsun) is the master (inventor?) of the modern Chinese short story. Some of his stories were translated
into American English in 1941, but more recent translations have been into a British English. Lyell provides an
introduction, notes on pronunciation and further notes on the text, intending to win as wide an audience as possible
beyond those already familiar with Chinese history and culture.
